Collaborations inspire community connections
Exploration across majors, academic fields, and acts of service is a defining characteristic of a Cornell education. It allows students, faculty, and researchers to adopt novel perspectives, discover new knowledge, and engage in alternative ways of thinking.
By working in partnership with each other, experts, and community leaders, Cornellians are developing solutions to problems impacting our world today. See how recent and ongoing collaborations at Cornell are already making a difference:
The good that Cornellians can do
Cornell experts, students help local pantry fight food insecurity
A cross-disciplinary team of researchers and students is helping Enfield Food Distribution adapt to the growing needs of its community. With support from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, the Cornell team is bringing policy, engineering, and design expertise to their work with the local food pantry.
An educational beacon
Students find connection, ‘fun’ in fungi
Fantastic Fungi Fanatics welcomes students from all different majors and backgrounds to explore, learn, and connect over a shared passion for fungi. “I think we fulfill a really unique role for the campus,” says Marian Decker ’25, vice president and treasurer of the student-run organization. “We’re able to bridge people who have all different kinds of experience.”
A source of solutions
Researchers, students create 3D model of ancient dwelling
A multi-college team of Cornell researchers and students is creating a virtual 3D model of Casa della Regina Carolina, a large Pompeian house. The work will help create richer, more inclusive accounts of ancient experiences and communities.
A bridge to the world
Laidlaw scholars learn to lead, conduct research all over the world
Administered by the Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program allows first- and second-year Cornell students to pursue international leadership training and research. “Our efforts drew a lot of inspiration from the community-led development and capability approach,” says Laidlaw scholar Jensen Njagi ’25. “We’re not the only experts; a lot of our engagements involved a lot of learning.”
